Wall bed



Sept. 6, 1932.

I N. B. DOUGLASS WALL BED Filed April 15, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet -l IN QK 1 W V- I Z ATTORNEYS.

Sept. 6, 1932. N. B. DOUGLASS 1,876,045

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Patented Sept. 6, 1932 UNITED STATES NAPOLEON 1B. DOUGLASS, or BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, Assrenon TO THE HOME ooivr- PATENT; OFFICE PANY, INC., on ROME, nEwYonK, A co'nronA'rIo v on EW YORK WALL BED Application filed April 15,

Another ob1ect of thisinvention'is to support the bed in its evolution so that it may swing into a shallow closet through a narrow door opening. and leave a free passage through the opening when the bed is in 1ts operative. and inoperative positlons.

Other objects and advantages Wlll appear as the description proceeds.

I shall outline in full that form of the invention selected for. illustration in the drawingsaccompanying and forming a. part of the present specification. The novelty of the invention will be included in the claims following said description. From this, it will be apparent that I do not restrict myself to the showing made by said drawings and description, as I may adopt many variations within the scope of my invention as expressed in said claims.

In the drawings Fig. 1 is a perspective View showing my improved bed and mounting with the supporting wall outlined bydot and dash lines,-

and 1 Figs. 2, 3, 4, .and 5 are plan views, partially in section, showing the bed in the several different positions whichitassumes in swinging from its concealed to its exposed positions. .a

Referring now to Fig.1, 1O designates the head frame of a folding bed which may be of any suitable type, but perferably one of the type of which the'bed portion 11 isadapted to be swung upwardly into a vertical position.- The frame 10 is, provided with a pair of horizontally extending and parallel spaced rails 12 .and 13. These .rails, in the present in- 1929. Serial No. 355,017.

stance, are illustrated as formed along the ride horizontally with respect to the carriage 1 1} Extending outwardly from the carriage l l-there are shown suitable supporting arms 17 and 18. These supporting arms 17 and 18 engage suitable pivotal supports 19 and 20 mounted upon the frame 'of the doorway through which the bed is to swing; The frame inthis' figure of the drawings is, as previously stated, outlined by dot and dash lines and is designatedfby the numeral 21.

With the arrangement above described, it will be readily seen that the bed will have two distinct ranges'of movement, one being horizontal or sidewise with respect to the carriage 145; and the other being in a circle about the pivot points 19 and 20. It will also beseen that the effect of the combination of these two movements when carried out simul taneously will be to permit a movement of the bed which will not necessarily, be circular and, in fact, it is contemplatedthat this movement will carry the plane of the bed so that itsmovenient will be tangential to the arc of a circle described about the abovereferred to, I

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Inorder to effect a movement of the bed which will combine both its sidewise move mentand-pivotal movement and also main: tain the bed closely adjacent the edge of the opening uponwhich itis supported, I pro-' vide a link 22, the link being connected between a -point 23uponthe bed and a pivotal connection 2 1 located within the bed enclosing compartment. I

. By referring now to Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5, it will be seen that when the bed 11 is in its concealed position the door opening maybeclosed by. a doorof standard construction, the door in these figures of the drawings being desig-' nated by the numeral 25. In this illustration it will also be noted. that the link 22 has assumed such a position that it has caused the support and thus accidentally interfering with its free passage through the doorway.

In Fig. 5 the bed is shown in its final and operative position. i From the above it will be evident that I have provided a new and novel type of wall bed mounting which is relatively simple and cheap to manufacture and one which will sup port a full-sized bed so that it can be moved inand out through a door opening substantially narrower than the width of the bed andone which will provideapassageway for the operator, through the opening when the bed is in both its exposed and-concealed positions. i

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is e V 1. For combination with a wall havingan opening, a wall bed of greater width than said opening, a bed supporting carriage pivotally mounted at one jamb of said opening and adapted to swing .in a horizontal plane, means carried by saidbed adapted to engage said carriage and permit the bed to ride sideways thereupon as the carriage is pivoted abouts its support, and means automatically to cause the bed to ride sideways on said carriage as the carriage is pivoted about its support. r v 7 2. For combination with a wall having an opening, a wall bed of greater width than said opening, a bed supporting carriage pivotally mounted adjacent onejamb of said opening and adapted to swing in a horizontal plane, means carried by said bed and engaging the carriage for sidewise movement thereon, and a link secured between the bed and a fixed point adjacent the pivotal'point ofsaid supporting carriage for limiting the sidewise movement of the bed as the support swings upon its pivot. 3. For combination with a wall having an opening, a wall bed of greater width than said opening, a support for said bed comprising a vertically disposed carriage pivotally mounted upon one of the jambs of said opening and adapted to swing in a horizontal plane, antifriction rollers upon said carriage, rails securedto said bed and adapted to engage said anti-friction means whereby the bed may ride freely in a sidewise direction upon said carriage, and a link connected between a fixed point and said bed adapted to impart a sidewise movement of the bed upon the carriage as the latter swings about its pivot.

4:- For combination with a wall having an opening, a wall bed of greater width than sa1d opening, a carriage supporting said bed and pivotally mounted at one jamb of sa1d opening, the axis of said pivotal mounting being outside the plane of the bed, horizontally disposed rails secured to said bed and adapted to engage said carriage and support the bed" sothat it can ride'sideways upon the car- .riage, and means pivotally secured to the bed and to a fixed point toguide the movement of the bed through the opening.

5. For combination with a wall having an opening, a wall bed of greater width'than said opening, a carriagessnpporting said bed and pivotally mounted at one j ambof said open'- ing, the axis of said pivotal mounting being outside the plane of the bed, horizontally disposed rails securedto said bed and adapted to engage said carriageand support the bed so that it can ride sideways upon the carriage, and a link pivotallysecured to the bed and to a fixed pointoutside the axis of rotation of said carriage. I p v 6. For combination with a wall having an opening, a wall bed of greater width than said opening, a carriage supporting said bed and pivotally mounted at one jamb of said opening, the axis of said pivotalmounting being outside the plane of the bed, horizontally disposed rails secured to said bed vand adapted to engage said carriage and support the bed so that it can ride sideways'upon the carriage, and a link pivotally secured tothe bed and to a-fixed point outsidethe axis of rotation of said carriage, the length of said linkbeing greater than the shortestdistance between said carriage and its pivot point. V

7. For combination with a wall having an opening, a wall bed of greater width than said opening, a carriage supporting said bed and pivotally mounted at one jamb ofsaid opening, the axis ofsaid pivotal mounting being outside the plane of the bed, horizontally disposed rails-secured to said bed and adapted toengage said carriage and support the bed so that it can ride sideways upon the carriage, and a link pivotally secured to the bed and to a fixed point on the floor behind said jamb. p

- 8. For combination with a wall having an opening, a wall bed of greater width than" said openingga carriage supporting said bed and pivotall tmountedat one jamb of said opening, the axis of said pivotal, mounting being outside the plan eio'f the bed, horizon: tally disposed rails secured to said'bed and adapted to engage said carriage and support the bed so that it can ride sideways upen the' 

